St. Louis Cardinals News

Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III this morning acknowledged both the organization's desire and its limits in negotiating a contract extension with first baseman and three-time Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols.

They'll probably lose him butA it's aA good idea to accumulate draft picks. It was an easy call on Troy Glaus ; no one has any idea if he'll be fully healthy and viable and the Cardinals couldn't risk that he'd accept and stick them with a big salary for 2010.

The Cardinals offered arbitration Tuesday to three of their four rated free agents, left fielder Matt Holliday, utility starter Mark DeRosa and 15-game winner Joel Pineiro, while declining to extend the same offer to convalescing third baseman Troy Glaus.

The St. Louis Cardinals' front office has many questions that need to be answered this year.

Catcher Jason LaRue has agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract to remain with the St.

The Los Angeles Angels voted to give a full postseason share to the estate of Nick Adenhart, the rookie pitcher killed in April in a car accident allegedly caused by a drunken driver.

Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is a Republican from one of the union's reddest states.

When Bruce Springsteen played the Bradley Center in Milwaukee earlier this month, he led into his encore with "No Surrender," sending its haunting refrain of "no retreat, no surrender" echoing around the arena.

Okay, let's live outside the box and in the realm of great possibility. Josh Johnson is an emerging ace.

In just a few hours, Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is expected to be named the National League's Most Valuable Player.

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Frisch stole a league-high 28 bases to lead the Cardinals to their first 100-victory season and their second World Series title - the first they had clinched at home - in a seven-game win over the Philadelphia Athletics.

Will it be landslide for Pujols as MVP? Cards slugger is expected to run away in voting, win award today for 3rd time.

If Joe Mauer was a lock for the American League MVP, then Albert Pujols is a lock, deadbolt, and steel reinforced wall to win the National League honors.

Key 2009 stats in which Ryan Howard ranked in the top 10 in the National League: STAT: NUMBER - RANK RBIs: 141 - T-1st Extra-base hits: 86 - 2nd Home runs: 45 - 3rd Total bases: 352 - 3rd At-bats per HR: 13.7 - 4th Slugging percentage: .571 - 4th Plate appearances: 703 - 4th At-bats: 616 - 5th Runs: 105 - 5th OPS percentage*: .931 - 9th *Slugging ...

The Baseball Writers' Association of America will hand out its final postseason award on Tuesday, as the National League's Most Valuable Player will be announced.

When the Baseball Writers Association of America announces the winner of its National League Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, it is anticipated Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols will get the call.

Teams send out feelers, check medical records and weigh their options. They might discuss parameters of a deal, but only rarely do they start sincere negotiations before Thanksgiving.

At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents, including six from the Red Sox, received the green light to begin negotiations with all 30 teams.

This is a June 29, 2009, file photo showing San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum throwing during the third inning of a baseball game against the St.